Tag Archives: GLAAD

He’s the gay uncle on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

As I’ve done for the last two years, today I’m wearing my only purple shirt in recognition of GLAAD’s anti-bullying Spirit Day. Hopefully the folks at Chirpin’ Chicken will find this meaningful when I leave the apartment for lunch.

Yesterday GLAAD denounced Ann Coulter’s tweet making fun of gay kids who get disowned by their parents.  Today, as he does every time GLAAD is mentioned, GOProud’s Chris Barron responded with, “But…but…JOE JERVIS!”  Via the Advocate: Coulter ally and GOProud cofounder Christopher Barron, however, told The Advocate on Wednesday, that GLAAD was overreacting to the author’s joke. He added that …

GLAAD’s Aaron McQuade isn’t laughing. I recognize that this is a joke, and that she is not really taken seriously in any context anyway, but with this coming right after National Coming Out Day, at the start of Ally Week and just days before Spirit Day, I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about this idea of …

Details.

“As anyone close to me knows, I always have been and always will be a huge supporter of the gay community. I am so sorry and so upset that I caused pain to my gay friends, fans and their families with the comments heard this morning. I was having this private conversation with a friend of mine who is gay …

The now-familiar gay pride Oreo is one of the finalists in this year’s GLAAD Amplifier Awards. Hit the link for the other nominees.

Read the full report.

A couple of days ago my loyal photographer Dr. Jeff and I attended GLAAD Manhattan, a casino-themed fundraiser that swarmed with a couple of dozen of the Housewives, news anchors, pop stars, nightlife legends and a few regular schmoes like us. In the slideshow below you’ll find the likes of MSNBC host Thomas Roberts and his fiance, GMA weatherman Sam …

GLAAD has launched a fundraising drive in which they ask for amounts in multiples of $6.50, the price of a Chick-Fil-A meal. The morning GLAAD spokesman and Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper appeared on CNN to talk about what Dan Cathy really said and what this brouhaha is actually all about. I’ll have that clip shortly.

Via GLAAD.

GLAAD has the details.

“Pedophilia is not by choice, last I checked. In his sermon, Pastor Knapp blamed the Bush administration for its tolerance of gay people. Says that he claims that set the stage, in fact, for the Obama administration to endorse same-sex marriage. Like I said: they can’t make this stuff up. Unbelievable. Speechless, right? Again, we gotta outline here, when he …

GLAAD president Herdon Graddick today cheered the manner in which CNN host Brooke Baldwin handled her interview with hate group leader Tony Perkins. Thursday afternoon, CNN’s Brooke Baldwin gave an almost textbook example of how to tell a complete story when dealing with an anti-gay activist. Joining Baldwin was Tony Perkins, there to speak about his 3PM press conference opposing …

“To cable news viewers, he’s just the conservative guy who comes on sometimes to talk about gay stuff from a Republican point of view. But Perkins’ own statements will show you that those positions don’t come from politics. They are the result of pure animus towards gay people, and a belief that they’re doing the work of ‘the enemy.’ You …

GLAAD today kicked the current Boy Scouts controversy into the lap of Mitt Romney, digging out the above 1994 quote. Over 155,000 people have already signed the petition asking the Boy Scouts to reinstate den mother Jennifer Tyrrell, who was booted from her volunteer position for being gay.

Many more clips from the event are here.

That’s Rep. Mary Bono Mack with them. More on the event.